Patients' brain waves, along with recollections of their lives, could finally explain what we've typically called "near-death experiences," (NDEs) scientists say in new research.
Using an experiment design they began developing in 2015—five years before the final, full version of the study was finally completed—the scientists rigged up people who experienced cardiac arrest. This carefully performed study is part of an area of medicine and research focused on resuscitation, using methods like CPR and defibrillation. And due to the sensitive nature of trying to study people who are experiencing cardiac arrest, something that only about 10 percent of patients survive, this kind of work has a ton of value for people who are interested in near-death experiences and other edge cases of brain activity.
The study, published earlier this year in the peer-reviewed journal Resuscitation, involved a combined 25 hospitals with affiliations in Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Bulgaria, and England. For their research experiment, participating personnel at all 25 hospitals had setups of tablet computers and headphones at the ready. If a patient in the hospital experienced cardiac arrest, the research staff fitted them with the tablet and headphones.
Each tablet showed patients one of ten randomized images, while the headphones played one of three words: apple, banana, or pear. This rig was mounted above each patient, out of the way of medical personnel trying to resuscitate them with CPR. Patients were also fitted for electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity, and had their brain oxygen monitored. |
Patients' brain waves, along with recollections of their lives, could finally explain what we've typically called "near-death experiences," (NDEs) scientists say in new research.
Using an experiment design they began developing in 2015—five years before the final, full version of the study was finally completed—the scientists rigged up people who experienced cardiac arrest. This carefully performed study is part of an area of medicine and research focused on resuscitation, using methods like CPR and defibrillation. And due to the sensitive nature of trying to study people who are experiencing cardiac arrest, something that only about 10 percent of patients survive, this kind of work has a ton of value for people who are interested in near-death experiences and other edge cases of brain activity.
The study, published earlier this year in the peer-reviewed journal Resuscitation, involved a combined 25 hospitals with affiliations in Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Bulgaria, and England. For their research experiment, participating personnel at all 25 hospitals had setups of tablet computers and headphones at the ready. If a patient in the hospital experienced cardiac arrest, the research staff fitted them with the tablet and headphones.
Each tablet showed patients one of ten randomized images, while the headphones played one of three words: apple, banana, or pear. This rig was mounted above each patient, out of the way of medical personnel trying to resuscitate them with CPR. Patients were also fitted for electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity, and had their brain oxygen monitored. |
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